tertawa
Indonesian
FWOTD – 7 December 2025
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tertawa, from Classical Malay tertawa. By surface analysis, ter- + tawa.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /tərˈtawa/ [t̪ərˈt̪a.wa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -awa
- Syllabification: ter‧ta‧wa
Verb
têrtawa
- to laugh
- Synonym: ketawa
- 2015 May 4, “Mengapa kita tertawa secara tidak pantas?”, in BBC[1], archived from the original on 23 February 2016:
- Kita sering kali menemukan diri kita tertawa pada saat-saat yang paling aneh.
- We often find ourselves laughing at the most bizarre moments.
- 2015 May 4, “Mengapa kita tertawa secara tidak pantas?”, in BBC[2], archived from the original on 23 February 2016:
- Ketika kita tertawa bersama orang lain, Anda menunjukkan bahwa Anda menyukai mereka, Anda setuju dengan mereka, atau Anda berada dalam satu kelompok yang sama dengan mereka.
- When we laugh with other people, you show that you like them, you agree with them, or you are in the same group as them.
Further reading
- “tertawa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /tə(r)ˈtawə/ [t̪ə(r)ˈt̪a.wə]
- (Baku) IPA(key): /tərˈtawa/ [t̪ərˈt̪a.wa]
- Hyphenation: ter‧ta‧wa
Verb
tertawa
Descendants
- > Indonesian: tertawa (inherited)